Coin-controlled fountain-pen-filling device



Jan. 6, 1931.. c. l.; smMANs COIN CONTROLLED FOUNTAIN PEN FILLING DEVICE Filed Feb. 2. 1927 n Annuw S su @91h58 B VENTOR Sir-mw 'v' TTO EY Patented Jan. 6, 1931' i 1,7

UNITED STATES ArtNr orifice v(JIJIFEOZRLD L. SIRMANS, OF EL PASO, TEXAS GOIN-CONTROLLED FOUNTAIN-PEN-FILLING DEVICE` Application led February 2, 1927. Serial No. 165,401.

rlhis invention relates to a coin controlled middle point of the casing. This chute or fountain pen illing device, more specifically guidewa-y i has a slot 5 therein and the ink to a coin controlled mechanism for normally well 3 Vis rconstructed with an outwardly covering the entrance to an ink well, said flanged mouth, the flanged portion of which 5 covering being removable so that the founfits in the chute as best shown inFig. 2 and 55 tain pen may be introduced into the ink centers lthe ink well inthe casing l. How- Well only after a coin of a desired value has ever, by opening the door 2 and grasping been introduced into the machine. the ink well it may be removed from the cas` The object of the invention is to produce ing for filling purposes and after being filled, lo a simple coin controlled mechanism of the the flanges of the mouth of the inkwell may 60 character specified that can be cheaply manube inserted in the chiite or guideway and the factured and does notV readily get out of reink Well forced back into the casing with pair. the flange ofthe neckV running in the guide- A second object of theinvention is to proway as best shown in Fig. 4, and the door 2 'i5 duce a device wherein the ink is normally closed( 65 kept from evaporation by keeping tightly enl prefer to form a depression 6 in the botclosed the ink well entrance opening. tom of the ink well so that when a fountain Another object of the invention is to propen rests in the depression, practically the duce a device that may be placed on the desk last of the ink in the ink well can ,be drawn ZOin hotel registration offices without taking up intoA the fountain pern The ink well 70 up too much room and will present anatbottom, moreover, may be inclined as shown tractive appearancein connection with the in Fig. 2 to facilitate the ink running into other articles usually kept at such places, the depression 6.

YVith these and other objects which will Across the top ofthe casing to which the :.5 appear as the specification proceeds, Al will chute orV gaideway is attached, I provide a now describe my vinvention in connection with strip 7 and between this strip 7 and the top the appended drawings in which: 8 of the casing, I provide a slide 9 having Fig. 1 is atop plan view of my device with a. portion 9 Vto t over the mouthof the ink cut away portions to better illustrate the well, there being a hole 8 'cut in the top 3o mechanism below. of the `casing and a corresponding hole 7 out 80 Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2.-2 in the strip 7, through which a fonntain'pen of Fig. 1. may be introduced into the mouth of the ink .Fig 3 isa view on the line 3-3 of Fig. l. well when the yportion 9 of the slide 9 is Fig. Liis a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. pushed to the right as shown in Fig. 2, there i, these views looking in the direction of the being a hole'9{ cutaway in the slide portion 85 arrows. Y 9 and when'this holel9 coincides with the Fig. 5 is a vbottom view of the coin slide; l cut away portion 8 in the top of the casing, and., and the cut away portion 7 in the strip 7 all Fig. 6 is a top view of a plate beneath the coincide, the pen may be introduced into the 4.0 coin slide, and a coin lever. ink well and iilled and then removed. 90

The outside casing l may be conveniently Theslide 9 is coin controlled and the coin made in theA shape illustrated in Figs. l controlled features comprise a lever 10 pivand 2 and may be of either wood or. metal oted at 11 to the slide 9 and extending to the attractivelyfinished on the exterior. On one left as shown in Fig. l. The lever 10 has out removable cover 2 which, when removed.;A of the casing there is a hole 12 just large will allow an ink well 3 to vbe inserted in the 'enough to receive a com of any desired decasing andA securely` held therein by means of nomination, preferably a nickel. The end 10 afguide chute 4 extending from just within of lever 10, of course, is covered by the topvof E" the door or cover v2, to and just beyond the the casing. The lever 10 has a spring 13 tendf side ofthe casing maybe a `door or otheraway portion 10 at its end and in the top 95 '(F ig. 1) in the plate 18 and tie lever has av lug 24 on its side. F is a. supplementary slide movable back andforth over the plate 18. Vif'he'n the slide is pushed to the right as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the end 10 of the lever 10 will be pushed asideif a coinhas been inserted, by Contact of the coin with the lug 24 and the end'lO will be brought into the path of a strip 15 on the slide l?. The stripV 15 has a notch therein 16 with an inclined side asshown in Figs. 1 and 5 and the inclined side of this notch will be moved in contact with the lever end 10 as the slide` continues to moveA and the inclined side of the slot will slightly move the end 10 away from the coin to loosenA the pressure on the coin and further movement of the slide will carry the coin to the right, as shown in 2, to a hole 18 and allow it to drop into a coin container 20. The supplementary slide F has a handle 21'projecting up through a slot 22 in the top of the casing. This slot Lllows the handle 21 to be moved to the right as shown in F ig. 1. It will thus be apparent that asV the slide F is pushed to the right, it does not at first inove the slide 9, but av continuous movement to the right of the supplementary slide F will carry the slide9 to the right as shown in Fig.l 1 until thek holes 8. 9 and 7 register, allowing aV fountain pen to be in troduced into the ink well. After thepen is filled, a spring having a casing 28 to prevent an accumulation of coins from coming front of ay lug to which therspring 27 is connecterL as shown best in Fig. willdraw the supplementary slide F to the left as shown in F ig. 2 and restore the parts totheirnormal position, the lug 24V onY the end of the lever Y10 at this time engaging with the right hand Wall of the slot 25 as shown in Fig. 1, to move the slide 9 tothe left and close the entrance to the ink well. Y Y

Extending down from the'` lever10 is a projection 28T with a cut away portion 18 to extend around the coin and helps to locate the same over the hole 30 in the topV of the coin drops `iust before the hole 9 Vregisters with the hole 8.

Y A door 85 with the usual lockV 36 may be provided for convenient removal ofthe coins in the com receptacle 20.V

To firmly attachthe guide chute4 to the v tain `pen filling device and the operation thereof, what I claim as new is:

1. Acoin controlled fountain pen lilling device comprising a casing having a coin'slot in its top, a hand-operable slide movable in a plane below and parallel with said top and having a 'coin receiving opening normally resting below said slot,tl1e casing toprhaving apen receiving hole therein, a cover slide for the hole, a lever pivoted to the cover slide and operative by a kcoin inserted in the ycoinreceiving opening with means on the lever and the hand-operable slide for connecting and disconnecting the two slides.

2. lcoin controlled fountain pen filling mechanism comprising a casing having a coin slot` and a pen receiving hole in its top, a hand-operable slide having a coin receiving hole therein beneath said slot, a cover slide beneath said pen receiving hole and means including a lever having a lugV thereon operable by a coin inserted in the coin receiving hole for connecting the two slides.

i 3. coin controlled fountain' pen filling mechanism comprising a casing having a coin slot and pen receiving hole in its top, a handoperable slide having a coin receiving hole therein beneath said slot, a cover slide operable in the saine horizontal plane as the hand slide and a coin controlled lever pivoted to the cover slide and operable by a coin inserted inthe coin receiving hole for connecting the two slides.

4. A fountain pen filling device comprising a casing, an ink well in the casing having an opening in its top portion and coin conu trolled mechanism for opening and closing the well comprising a slide hand operable in one direction, a' spring for operating it in the other direction, a second slide movable vwith the hand operable slide in both direc- CLIFFORD L. SIRMANS.

strip 7, I may provide strip 88 as shown in Fig.Y 4 extending from the strip 7 downwardly and under the guide chute 4.

vHaving described my coin controlled foun- 

